Project Financial Management Assistant

Arcadis
Romania
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with administrative and financial support experience who work in construction or engineering environments and possess advanced Excel skills.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 1-5 years of project administration experience in construction or engineering
    — “1-5 years’ experience supporting project administration, ideally in construction or engineering.”
  • Professionals skilled in ERP systems and financial reporting tools
    — “Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Deltek, or equivalent platforms”
  • Individuals who can manage data and prepare insightful financial dashboards
    — “Prepare and maintain project financial reports, dashboards, trackers, and presentations to support project performance monitoring and stakeholder reporting.”

Things to consider

  • The role may require adapting to international and client-specific tools and processes
    — “Ability to quickly learn new systems, applications, and client-specific tools.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in administrative support and project governance
    — “Support document control, collaboration platforms, project close-out activities, and records retention to ensure effective project governance and compliance.”
  • Demonstrate your skills in maintaining attention to detail in financial records
    — “Maintain accurate financial records and documentation for reporting, audit, and governance purposes.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work in customer-oriented and international environments
    — “Experience in an international and customer-oriented environment is an advantage.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • accurate financial records
  • effective project governance
  • stakeholder reporting
Typical background
project administrationfinancial managementconstruction management

Skills & requirements

Required

Project Financial ManagementInvoicingFinancial ReportingProject AdministrationStakeholder Coordination

Preferred

Financial Reporting ToolsERP Systems

Stack & domain

SAPOracleAribaDeltekMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeFinancial Reporting Tools

About the role

Original posting from Arcadis

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role accountabilities:

Project Financial Management

Support project financial management activities, including project setup, budget tracking, cost monitoring, forecasting, and financial performance reviews.

Maintain financial controls through cost tracking, revenue monitoring, accrual management, reconciliations, and project reporting.

Invoicing & Commercial Support

Support invoicing, purchase order management, cost allocation, and charge validation activities while ensuring compliance with contractual and financial requirements.

Monitor billing cycles, track invoice approvals, and maintain accurate financial records and documentation for reporting, audit, and governance purposes.

Reporting Data Analysis

Prepare and maintain project financial reports, dashboards, trackers, and presentations to support project performance monitoring and stakeholder reporting.

Ensure data accuracy and analyze project information to provide insights that support operational and financial decision-making.

Project Administration

Provide administrative support through meeting coordination, documentation management, action tracking, and maintenance of project records and templates.

Support document control, collaboration platforms, project close-out activities, and records retention to ensure effective project governance and compliance.

Stakeholder Coordination

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support project delivery, financial management, and effective communication across teams.

Support client and business requirements while contributing to continuous process improvement and operational efficiency.

Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate Management etc.) master’s degree an advantage.

1-5 years’ experience supporting project administration, ideally in construction or engineering.

Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba, Deltek, or equivalent platforms

Exposure to project budgeting, cost tracking, invoicing, or financial reporting activities. 

Experience in an international and customer-oriented environment is an advantage.

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, and reporting. 

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. 

Experience with financial reporting tools and dashboards is desirable. 

Ability to quickly learn new systems, applications, and client-specific tools.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

Source: Arcadis careers

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